On Thu, 12 Sep 2013, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
wrote:
Get a "cartopper" boat and strap it to a ladder rack on your truck -
put the "radio operator" in the boat.
The FCC web page that covers the regulations specifically say this is
illegal. The ship, as they call it, must be on the water.
So you probably can assume that they mean you can't be standing in the
water, as in on the beach, or in a bucket of water, as in one of the
Disney Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
Then put the boat in the water. That makes sense anyway, since if an
emergency comes up, you'll need the boat.
Now maybe this long off-topic wandering thread dealt with that originally,
and if so, then the solution is simple. Marine walkie talkies in the
kayak, a boat ready for rescue work on water, someone with height and a
scanner to wait for emergency calls, and cellphones for that person and
the rescue boat. A call comes in, if the rescue boat doesn't hear it the
listener higher up will, and calls the rescue boat with the cellphone.
Cellphones don't even have to be used, GMRS or CB or hey, amateur radio,
can all be used. Once the rescue boat is within range of the kayak, they
can ue the marine band, since both are boats and allowed to use the band.
Michael